ObjectivesProject management has grown into more than just a specialist subject in the education of managers, engineers and others. Its place as a mainstream management discipline in many organisations is widely supported through academia, the government and both public and private sectors. This course is a part time programme designed for practicing project managers, or those in relevant employment in any industry or commercial sector, who lead or act as part of a team progressing project issues from initiation through to completion.
Academic titleMSc Project Management And Leadership
Course descriptionStudents will study a combination of taught and work based units.
Taught units are:
-Time and Quality Planning
-People and Organisation Development
-Project Finance
-Project Systems and Methods
-Research Methods
Work based units are:
-Problem Solving
-Risk Management
-Commercial Management
-Learning Contract
-Dissertation or Investigative Project
-The Research Methods unit will provide an introduction to the research or work-based project. The dissertation or work-based project will be a supervised investigation into a specific project management and leadership issue proposed by the student.
The taught units are delivered in a series of block 3 day modules over a period of two academic years.